Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And the time is long past when the question of who deserves what was taken out of the hands of politicians and time-serving bureaucrats and given to a genuinely independent and truly meritorious body which might set about trying to put honour back into the honours system . |
2 | ‘ Pop up to the police station instead and get Sergeant Stansted to keep his eyes skinned . |
3 | We do run er an organisation called Lincoln Energy Save out of the Horizons Agency , which er , completes insulations programmes , er , in er , properties . |
4 | For instance , if you need an osteopath , look out for the letters MRO — this means that the osteopath has completed a four-year course and is registered to practise . |
5 | Still , we make fun of the titanic , we look back at the romans-christians thing with a sense of romance … why not the munich ‘ disaster ’ . |
6 | Reflecting on what effect Ireland 's victory might have on the make up of the Lions party he was more guarded in his assessment . |
7 | Later , in search of a party , we drive off to an after-hours club . |
8 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
9 | Tommy , you put on your coat and go down to the police box and they 'll know what to do . ’ |
10 | When I go back to the police station I 'll write today that I 've been at Harlowbury School all day doing a school visit and a school talk to different classes . |
11 | They just walk round , they do n't do nothing , they 'll probably just walk up this and then c come out the other end and go back to the police station . |
12 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
13 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
14 | ‘ Charlie , yer best call in at the police station on yer way to work tomorrer mornin' . ’ |
15 | Would Sara and Mr. Preston come down to the police station and see if they could identify the men ? |
16 | ‘ If people come down to the police station with their bikes we will postcode them . |
17 | You know when you come down to the referrals part of it , what is |
18 | jus just ignore pretend he 's not here , carry on when you come down to the referrals bit |
19 | It 's not got to court for sort of like , four or five weeks get adjourned or come up to the police station and then like get your hand slapped . |
20 | Er , the first , the most straightforward way is to name the feature , if you want to briefly describe it if it 's appropriate , and I mean briefly , then use a link phrase like what this means to you and come out with a benefits statement , something that the client can relate to , and the final piece in the jigsaw is to ask the client how he feels about it . |
21 | Stick out on the streets day after day , taunted and mocked , the troops became demoralized . |
22 | ‘ Come back to the operations room , Ace . |
23 | They know , too , all the secret places of the bank : the nest of sandbags built during the War for the Home Guard ; the ruins of Marsh Edge Farm that lies in an angle of the tip hidden from the town ; the steps , cut in the slag-face , that lead down to the Ironworks Pier from which they can watch the boats . |